Mrs Brown, aged 45, today revealed that some of the assaults happened at the Father Hudson's Society care centre in Coleshill in 1990.

The centre used to be a Father Hudson's Homes orphanage, which was at the centre of a sex scandal in the 1960s and 1970s, when boys were abused at one of its homes.

Fr Fitzpatrick, who had a relationship with Mrs Brown from 1989 to 1992, arranged accommodation for her at the Coleshill base.

Her solicitor, Mark Hollinghurst, said: "Mrs Brown is able to confirm that she resided at Father Hudson's Society from March, 1990, to August, 1990. Her accommodation there was arranged by Fr Fitzpatrick.

"Mrs Brown is further able to confirm that a number of the assaults which are the subject of the court proceedings took place at Father Hudson's Society."

Peter Jennings, spokesman for the archdiocese of Birmingham, said Mrs Brown had stayed in a dormitory at the home with her daughter in a private arrangement between Fr Fitzpatrick and the then director of Father Hudson's Society and neither of them was under the society's care.

Fr Fitzpatrick is due to appear before the High Court this month when he will hear the amount of damages he must pay.